Abstract

Traditionally, embryology is considered a valuable part of the medical curriculum. Over the last few decades, the time allocated for anatomy teaching has reduced significantly with embryology suffering the most compared to other disciplines of anatomy. Consequently, some medical schools around the world have excluded embryology from their curriculum. In this commentary, we evaluate the relevance of embryology in the current medical curriculum including exploring the current state of embryology teaching and learning as well as student perceptions towards embryology.

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